Routing & Scheduling Optimization Software

ORTEC’s Routing and Scheduling Optimization software is a functionally robust optimization engine that handles the routing, scheduling, and overall management of a company’s truck fleet and drivers. The solution creates an optimal route plan based on an unlimited number of constraints including distance, equipment type, capacity, miles and driver characteristics.  The result is more deliveries with fewer trucks, helping to cut transportation costs as well as carbon emissions.

Capabilities:

• Static planning for routes to a forecasted set of orders, commonly called “milk runs”;
• Territory planning to fixed sets of delivery territories paired with drivers and assets;
• Dynamic planning for shipments and orders with high variability;
• Frequency scheduling to incorporate monthly, weekly and daily pickup and delivery schedules into optimized routing plans; 
• Real-time communication with drivers to track their activities and locations, enabling “on-the-fly” reroutes when necessary;
• Proactive adaptation to daily activities such as traffic congestion problems that could delay a driver and real-time communication of the resulting new routes to the driver; and
• Identification of backhaul opportunities.

Benefits:
Higher margins and increased profitability

• Reduction in actual logistics spend (mileage, time, assets) due to more efficient routes, loads and schedules
• Ability to dynamically adjust routes, loads and schedules based on daily volumes (right sizing and better asset utilization)
• Better sourcing decisions (based on actual price and availability)
• Increased revenues due to better appointment making capabilities (through schedule visibility)

Improved customer service

• More reliable delivery schedules with visibility and flexibility to adjust as needed
• Increased ability to manage and meet specific customer requirements and preferences

 

Higher employee satisfaction

• More realistic and fair projections of actual workload (better expectation management)
• Increased ability to proactively manage the workday/week and any last minute changes

Enhanced Management Support

• Increased visibility and exception management
• Extensive reporting capabilities to measure important KPI’s
• Complex “what-if analysis” to examine the impact of new customers or new acquisitions

Currently, ORTEC optimizes more than 225,000 shipments on a daily basis for customers including Church & Dwight, Clorox, Coca-Cola Refreshments, Dot Foods, General Mills, Georgia-Pacific, Procter & Gamble and Tesco.

For additional information on Routing & Scheduling Optimization Software, please EMAIL ORTEC or call 678-329-7804.